School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Graphic Novels
  • Unit Code

    ENG3160
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Debra Lynn DUDEK

Description

Not too long ago and perhaps to some people today, comics and graphic novels were considered unworthy of literary study and were thought to damage young peoples minds. The stories comics tell, and the way they tell those stories, however, provide some of the most thought-provoking and emotionally-engaging narratives around. In this unit, we analyse how the verbal and visual aspects of graphic novels work together with their content to produce their meaning. We study the tools used by comic artists to produce their sequential art, and we learn how to write and speak about comics. You may even have an opportunity to do some drawing yourself! First and foremost, though, this unit considers graphic novels as a literary art form worthy of rigorous analysis.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MST3160

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Identify and interpret the features of a graphic novel.
  2. Analyse how verbal and visual aspects of a text work together to create meaning.
  3. Construct arguments about how formal techniques enhance a graphic novels meaning.
  4. Describe how graphic novels engage with and challenge the cultural and political contexts from which they emerge.

Unit Content

  1. Graphic novels across a range of genres.
  2. Theories about comics, graphic novels, and sequential art.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered13 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestIn class quiz35%
EssayResearch Essay 55%
ParticipationOnline visual annotations 10%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestOnline quiz 35%
EssayResearch Essay55%
ParticipationOnline visual annotations 10%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Graphic Novels
  • Unit Code

    ENG3160
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    A/Prof Debra Lynn DUDEK

Description

Not too long ago and perhaps to some people today, comics and graphic novels were considered unworthy of literary study and were thought to damage young peoples minds. The stories comics tell, and the way they tell those stories, however, provide some of the most thought-provoking and emotionally-engaging narratives around. In this unit, we analyse how the verbal and visual aspects of graphic novels work together with their content to produce their meaning. We study the tools used by comic artists to produce their sequential art, and we learn how to write and speak about comics. You may even have an opportunity to do some drawing yourself! First and foremost, though, this unit considers graphic novels as a literary art form worthy of rigorous analysis.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MST3160

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Identify and interpret the features of a graphic novel.
  2. Analyse how verbal and visual aspects of a text work together to create meaning.
  3. Construct arguments about how formal techniques enhance a graphic novels meaning.
  4. Describe how graphic novels engage with and challenge the cultural and political contexts from which they emerge.

Unit Content

  1. Graphic novels across a range of genres.
  2. Theories about comics, graphic novels, and sequential art.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered13 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestIn class quiz35%
EssayResearch Essay 55%
ParticipationOnline visual annotations 10%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestOnline quiz 35%
EssayResearch Essay55%
ParticipationOnline visual annotations 10%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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